Provided is a composition comprising Bacteroides fragilis. The composition is used for enhancing the immune function of the T cells in a body, or for preventing and/or treating tumors.

The invention relates to novel bacteria of the species Lactobacillus plantarum and to compositions comprising Lactobacillus plantarum, and methods and uses of said compositions for preventing and/or treating mental illness, symptoms affecting mental health and/or conditions associated with chronic stress, in a mammal. The invention can be applied in restoring, maintaining, and/or promoting mental (including cognitive) health and has potential applications, inter alia, in the area of dietary and food supplements, medicaments and pharmaceuticals.

The invention relates to novel bacteria of the species Lactobacillus plantarum and to compositions comprising Lactobacillus plantarum, and methods and uses of said compositions for preventing and/or treating mental illness, symptoms affecting mental health and/or conditions associated with chronic stress, in a mammal. The invention can be applied in restoring, maintaining, and/or promoting mental (including cognitive) health and has potential applications, inter alia, in the area of dietary and food supplements, medicaments and pharmaceuticals.

Novel cheese products and methods of producing such cheese products that include a biogenerated exopolysaccharide (EPS) formed in-situ and separate from the main cream cheese fermentation. In some approaches, the methods and cheese products herein build a unique texture and/or microstructure that permits the cheese to utilize a simplified ingredient line while still mimicking the desired organoleptic characteristics of more-conventional, full-ingredient cheese.

The present invention provides a method for ameliorating or treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and/or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), comprising administering extracellular vesicles derived from Kefir grains in a mammal in need thereof. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition for ameliorating or treating IBD and/or IBS or a functional food composition for ameliorating or improving IBD and/or IBS, comprising said extracellular vesicles derived from Kefir grains as an active ingredient.

The present invention provides a method for ameliorating or treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and/or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), comprising administering extracellular vesicles derived from Kefir grains in a mammal in need thereof. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition for ameliorating or treating IBD and/or IBS or a functional food composition for ameliorating or improving IBD and/or IBS, comprising said extracellular vesicles derived from Kefir grains as an active ingredient.

The invention relates to compositions comprising Lactobacillus plantarum, and methods and uses of said compositions for preventing and/or treating mental illness, symptoms affecting mental health and/or conditions associated with chronic stress, in a mammal. The invention can be applied in restoring, maintaining, and/or promoting mental (including cognitive) health and has potential applications, inter alia, in the area of dietary and food supplements, medicaments and pharmaceuticals.

The invention relates to compositions comprising Lactobacillus plantarum, and methods and uses of said compositions for preventing and/or treating mental illness, symptoms affecting mental health and/or conditions associated with chronic stress, in a mammal. The invention can be applied in restoring, maintaining, and/or promoting mental (including cognitive) health and has potential applications, inter alia, in the area of dietary and food supplements, medicaments and pharmaceuticals.

The application discloses Lactobacillus strains having a beneficial effect on the metabolic health on a mammalian subject. Further disclosed is compositions comprising such strains and the use thereof for improving the metabolic health or for lowering the blood glucose level in a mammalian subject.

The application discloses Lactobacillus strains having a beneficial effect on the metabolic health on a mammalian subject. Further disclosed is compositions comprising such strains and the use thereof for improving the metabolic health or for lowering the blood glucose level in a mammalian subject.